We are having one great summer this year, and August is almost over, but the warm weather and the sun, linger on... I won't complain! How about you? today, I am sharing a card inspired by a wonderful and talented artist, that I love very much, Norma Lee from From my craft room. Norma modified the peek a boo style card to fit the 6 X 6 size that we all love. This is what I came up with!

I choose Milly - Winter window and Moonlight wishes from the LOTV 2011 Christmas collection. Both my images are colored with fabercastel wood pencils. I added lots of glitter in the sky, on the star and moon.

Happy Sunday!It is our son André's birthday today! and I created a totally personal card for him! André completes his formation to be an electrician, and although Mr. Fix it is not properly speaking an electrician, I thought he was just perfect for my card! I created a little scene with an electrical post in the background ! but then my problem was decorating! OMG... not easy without flowers and ribbons!

Un gros plan de l'image coloriée avec mes copics.A close up of the image, colored with copics.

Happy Wednesday, I am not very present on my blog lately. It is summer, and I enjoy being outside, and ... playing with other techniques & toys... like knitting and bead weaving. I will show my projects soon. Today, I would like to share with you a little project I did for my DIL. She asked me to create a special presentation for a poem. After, several attempts to create transparency, I found the effect I was looking for by using alcohol ink (adirondack - Rangers) in my airbrush, on a canvas board. I started spraying pure ink in the light colors, and gradually went to the dark night blue. in between coats, I sprayed pure Alcohol blending solution to create added shades. Then, when it was dried, I sprayed goosebumps to give extra texture and a discreet glossy & shimmery look. I am sorry for the poor quality of the picture, but this honestly the best I could do!

I printed the message on velum paper, used Spellbinders grand nestabilities LF-246 to cut a nice label shape, and embossed. My velum was heavy enough to support the embossing, but it is a very fussy paper to work with. My problem was to find a way to glue the shape onto my canvas without the glue showing! I tried several kinds of glue, but the vellum did not like! it either showed or crinkled the paper. I only had one more option: hide Kool Tack under the inked borders. My next bad luck occured when I wanted to put a little glittery stroke close to the borders of the shape... by adding stickes. As soon as the glue hit the paper, it crinkled it! So... if anyone has THE glue solution for velum, I would love to hear from you!

The magnificient diecut corner is from Cheery Lynn Design (Victorian romance flourish DL151), cut in 3 samples, glued on one another, inked with Distress Milled Lavender, Stormy Sky and Chipped Sapphire, then embossed with clear powder (3 coats) and a pinch of holographic powder on the first coat, the borders with inked with acrylic paint Dabber in Pearl.

As soon as I saw these colors, I associated them with the wonderful Serenity collection from BoBunny. and knew I had to showcase Beanstalk Tilda. I wanted to keep the country style of the image and those papers were just perfect.

Beanstalk tilda is stamped on X-press blending card, and colored with my beloved copics! Ever since I took my certification, I dare try new techniques, and feel more at ease with my markers than ever. I used to shade with prismacolor, since I was just afraid to ruin my image... but now, I do everything with copics, even the darker shades. yesssssssssssssss. I added little water drops on the leaves, it gives a cute little detail. The stormy sky behind Tilda is done with Distress inks, both Weathered Woods and Stormy sky colors, applied following the lovely cloud template offered by Bev Rochester a while ago.

I kept the country look inside as well, and embossed the cardstock with SU embossing folder, then inked with Frayed burlap and Always artichoke, embossed with Versamark Dazzle (champagne) and holographic powder. Plenty of space to write, nicely framed with my new lacy Rectangles from Spellbinders.

Merci de votre visite, et c'est toujours un plaisir de vous lire.thank you for visiting my blog, and always leaving kind words. I read you with great pleasure.

Happy Wednesday,July is behind us already, hello August! At Scrapbook ta vie, it is time to present our new challenges for the month. I will start with the beautiful sketch our DT Hélène has done for us. It was my mother,s birthday on July 19, and mom wanted a card with Tilda! I thought that Summer flower Tilda would be perfect with the layout this sketch offered. My friend Brigitte had colored her just after our certification, and her version impressed me so much, that it is my main inspiration for this card. You can see it HERE. Thank you Brigitte for your inspiration and your sharing. Now, on to my card.

My papers were in my very first kit at Scrapbook ta Vie, I fell in love with Basic Grey Lauderdale, Sun glow collection at first sight, but had to wait until Summer flower Tilda came into my life to use them. They were made for one another, and perfect for my mom!

Tilda was printed on xpress blending card, colored with my beloved copics. her dress is covered with Smooch illuminate. I tried a new technique for the background and on the flower: airbrushing! this was the other gift my son gave me, with my fantastic camera! And boy, do I love it. Although I don't have the ABS copic system, I used the ink from my refills directly in my airbrush. Be kind! it is my first experience! Tilda's dress is colored with the feathering thechnique and I made the little dots behind tilda with perfect pearl.